Crazy Climber

The Intellivision running man is bad ass....mirror is bad ass....it just made sense *nuff said

*SIGH.... Sometimes I wonder why I am the way I am. I wonder why these things from the past have such an impact on me. Is it possible the new stuff out today is just as good but I'm not giving it a chance? Am I so stubborn that I immediately dismiss anything new as "garbage" and rant about how cool the 80's were. Probably...honestly I should accept these days are gone, but I know I never will, lol. Having young children has opened my mind a bit. Some of my best childhood memories I have are of my Dad actively taking an interest in things that were popular at the time, Atari being the main one. Waking up late at night to see him still playing or snapping a pic of a high score to get a patch, him and his friends passing the controller around at parties and asking me if I would like to play with them. Atari being an actual topic of discussion and not just something he pretended to like because I was a kid was really cool, lol. I think of this and realize it's important to actively take part in things that are popular now with my kids, even if deep down I still think my era was better, I don't want to cheat their era with my stubbornness I have learned you can recapture a little of that "magic" if you want to. I have found it with many things available now that are new and fresh that I generally would have immediately dismissed. Sure, it's not exactly the same but nothing ever is, if you fear change you will never experience anything new. Sometimes things can even capture both era's of time....I know me and the kids are having an absolute blast with Super Mario maker on the Wii U! Anyways, enough of my rant, here is a GI JOE sign I made! This one was quite a few pieces, around 10 total I believe. We had some red, white and blue left over from a Fire Station we made at work so I tried to think of something "All American" I could make out of it...well, it doesn't get any better than GI JOE right? It is a bit larger than most of the signs I make (over 2 feet long) but my machine does not handle small pieces well so I had to make it bigger to capture the detail of the logo. I stuck them all together with a piece of Brown anodized on the back, I really would have prefered a gloss black but I had none available at the time. Now that it is done though I rather like the brown anodized look I was never too crazy about GI JOE back in the day. My Mom was one of those WAMM people (Women against Military Madness) but she wasn't a freak about it or anything and still let me play with Joe's and watch the cartoons, she just didn't really buy any of them for me or show any interest in them so most of mine came from garage sales or friends/etc.. I always thought it was kind of lame nobody ever got hurt or killed in the show, not that I was some sick child that wanted to see that, it just made it too unbelievable and being the extremely rational kid I was that would bug me, lol. It was okay for Transformers since that was more of a fantasy science fiction world, but GI Joe was war and well the truth about war is people get killed...meh, probably because I really had no restrictions on action movies so Rambo and Schwarzenegger ruined the light hearted side of it for me but anyways, I do have fond memories of the show, toys and era but not quite enough to obsessively hunt down the figures and hoard them like Atari games!

Although Atari 2600 is my baby, I do really enjoy the NES. I collected for that system very heavily in the late 90's, early 00's (if only I would have kept everything I would be rich!! Famous last words of a collector, lol) The NES really has a decent Homebrew scene as well, and one of my favorite programmer/publishers is a company called KAHN games. He made a Game called Study Hall that me and my daughter played religiously for months straight. Well, since I tend to "make something" for everything I like I made a KAHN games logo for my garage. I would like to think it has helped him sell a few games as I have had a few people ask what it is, then I give them a detailed description of how awesome his games are Probably not but I hope it has since anyone who likes the NES should like his games. I didn't do anything to flashy with this logo since the original logo is not too flashy itself. Just an 8-bit "K" with a surrounding block border. I used a brushed aluminum on the back piece to give it some depth and a flat black on the front piece so the "K" would stand out a little If you buy one NES homebrew, buy Study Hall, top notch game that really captures the classic NES feel. Now, if you buy only 2 get battlekid as well (but that is a different publisher, lol but if you are a Megaman fan it is tits!)

Who doesn't like Super mario! I wasn't going to make any mario stuff because it is so overdone and honestly others have done it much better than I ever could but I had an idea a while back that I wanted to finish. I used to own a Super mario pinball machine and I really like pinball toppers. I thought it would be a great idea to make a mystery box topper! Who doesn't love the mystery box, whats it going to be? A mushroom, fire flower...a coin? You don't know until you smash it with your head (or fist I believe it's supposed to be, lol) The mario pinball is loooong gone but I completed the topper I always wanted! I used some of the left over Orange Sunburst material from the large Dairy Queen job we completed at work and I had a few small pieces of yellow I was able to use for the top piece. The yellow is really cool because it has a super gloss applied to it, a little more expensive but totally worth it in my opinion, really makes it jump out at you. I am half tempted to smash it against my head which is why I hide it when I have got into the Jim Beam....maybe some day I will get another Super mario pinball machine but for now it will reside on my garage

When video games made the transition to 3D it was kind of the end of an era for me (and many others I assume) Although I was still a part of them they didn't have the same magic they used to. I never owned a Playstation back in the day and didn't really start playing any disc based systems until the xbox came out and started releasing "classic compilations" of my old favorites. One exception to the rule though was Nintendo, I did still play a little N64 and gamecube in years to come. One company I really liked on the N64 was RAREWARE! I had a lot of fun with Goldeneye and Conkers bad fur day (it used to drive my ex girlfriend nuts when I would refer to this game as bad squirrel day, get it? "nuts" hahaha...) I can remember that spinning logo in the intro to their games so I made a sign for it.... I used a cool Orange sunburst color (the same one I used for the Homerun batter sign) that changes color in direct sunlight. I thought this could maybe capture the "spinning" effect, lol. I went with a nice solid black for the other piece to help make the orange sunburst stand out a little It's a much smaller sign then I normally make but I think it turned out pretty good

Oh hell I'll give it a shot. I purchased the Wii version but never actually played it, kind of like you said just soooo many games and not enough time to play them all. I'll give the re re release a whirl

I was Secret Santa for sramirez2008, hope you liked this!

My sent gift has been received and I received my gift so all good over here. Looks like you got a Grinch vnaguy, lol

Ha! I remember this

For being a simple game it's actually pretty fun (and that is what counts right?) My daughter likes playing it too

Got mine this weekend! Will post some pics soon, It will not be 100% though because I "Bad Santa" style ate half of it already late Saturday night

Man, I have to get off my ass and get to the post office to ship mine out! Mine hasn't arrived yet either though so at least one other person is as lazy as me

Should be mailing mine out this week sometime, weather is crappy so maybe in a few days

Hmmm...do I make something custom or buy something, or just re-gift one of the thousands of retro things I have....decisions...

Yeah, my mailman leaves everything right on my steps, even stuff I am supposed to sign for, lol.

I'm in

see above post

I wonder if it even exists honestly. Since Ultravision was a division of K-Tel and they pretty much only did mail order games, I wouldn't be surprised at all if it was just mailed in a generic envelope or plain box/etc..

Hey there, I have a 4 port PS3 (the good one that plays ALL USA playstation games) It has a box and a bunch of other crap with it. Comes with a white controller, It's official playstation brand, everything works great. The previous owner told me he did some upgrades to make it run better, something about new thermal something and a cooling fan/etc.. I know nothing about any of that stuff though so I can't answer any questions about that, all I know is it works great and can be yours for just $125 shipped Thanks!

I'll level with you man, I honestly have no idea. I used it maybe a dozen "game sessions" but now I use my retron 5 for all my imports. I never noticed any problems but I might not be as picky as some Worked/sounded just fine for me (I'm mostly in an intoxicated stupor when gaming though, lol) Oh, I also used a cool master system convertor with FM sound added for all my master system games, might be inclined to sell that also, I'm rather broke these days, lol

yeah, I had 2 signed postcards also but gave them to my kids for an art project, wouldnt give up the keychain to them though

No problem man! So where to start... I always "want" to compete but never actually do, lol. I do still own the non limited edition version so maybe this year?? The Intellivision was modded by Atariage member Mylok. They are awesome, I own another one and it is my favorite modded system.

$150 shipped

I carried one out of my basement to a girls truck by myself, yes I'm bragging I think the fact that she was a cute college girl gave me a little bonus strength...they are very heavy..

Got some stuff to part with... *Just Added - backlit Gameboy (original grey brick) - $60 shipped - Japan Megadrive system This is a fully working Japan megadrive system with 2 controllers, Original AC and AV cable. It works perfect and has even played every US game I have tried on it. Plays every Japan game flawlessly as far as I can tell (I only own about 30 of them though) $60 shipped - Powerpak NES Flashgame Comes with box and is fully loaded (PM me if you do not know what that means, lol) POWERPAK IS SOLD! - NES Advantage stick modded for Atari 2600/7800 Works great on my 2600, never used it on a 7800 but was told it would work, I imagine it would work for one button Coleco games too but I don't know, lol NES ADVANTAGE STICK IS SOLD! - Pier Solar with rare promo keychain Pier solar is 100% complete, I also got this rare promo keychain with it, I have never seen another one. I got it because they messed up my order and I waited like 2 years, lol $85 shipped - battlekid and study hall NES Homebrew games Great games, I own complete versions so I am selling these loose ones STUDAY HALL AND bATTLEKID ARE SOLD! - Coleco Star Wars homebrew box This was an impulse purchase, I really have no need for it $20 shipped - Giant lot of uncommon Atari 2600 games Everything shown include, all work great, the Master builder is PAL but everything else is NTSC. All have end labels all are in good to great shape ATARI 2600 LOT IS SOLD! Let me know if you have any questions, my prices all include shipping and I do not charge extra for paypal fees, lol Thanks!